the system has become. 2/3 of the members of the u.s. senate are millionaires. i m not. 99% of the american people are not. no, you re gnomeless. you re homeless, buddy. not quite. i m just kidding around. what s the biggest issue between you and bennett? the realest issue that separates you two guys? as i said, i m the only candidate who sbrnt funded by special interest groups, we need a senator for the rest of us. when it comes to this the tax breaks if r the oil company, my opponent said yes. i ll say no. he s in the tank with the special interest, and you re not. well, i want to be clear. he is one of the top ten recipients of wall street cash, he s one of the biggest recipients of big oil money. so you re saying he s going to be driven you re saying for he getted elected he s going to be driven by the people who funded his campaign.
republican nominee. immigration is a huge voting issue across the southwest. andrew romanoff, one of the two top candidates for senate. sold his house, didn t just mortgage t.sold the house he lives in for cash to contribute to his campaign. that s certainly putting your money where your mouth is. your thoughts on doing this kind of thing. i have two thoughts. one, you won t be able to question his dedication at this point. the one that reminded me of, chris, and ron klink, former weatherman from western pennsylvania running against rick santorum back in 2000, $300,000 mortgage on his home after that race looked like he lost. andrew romanoff is hoping he s not following in ron klink s footsteps. looking, it s a big investment. i think the race is somewhat close. i do think michael bennett, the appointed senator in the state, has something of an advantage. he has significant financial advantage, but in a small turnout primary romanoff, the
indiscease, big-mouth guy led astray by aides and unfortunately the day and a half of a government closing really i think on the law totally rebutted that as they showed this clear, absolute chronology, this quest to retain and obtain power and reward loyalists and remember they do not have to show a quid pro quo but they showed clear intent. let me ask you this, lynn. when everybody watched this nationally, let s assume he gets convicted. will that teach the country that you can t sit around with your staff and plot ways to steal money? maybe, maybe not, chris. it should only be so easy. you know, people have plotted corrupt places, you know, they might be investigating, might be wires, look at the congressional investigations. but when the guy goes in the can it does have a certain message to people. it says you don t have to pull off the crimes as jim said in order to do something wrong. jim warren, the way you describe it, will there be an appeal here if he gets convicted
because we re americans. maybe it will make us be more innovative in the energy sector in this country. let s go to the moratorium on the drilling to see where it shakes down. well, we can t do that, heck, they give too much money to the congress. we re really not serious about energy policy in this country. i want to know what you think about all this. tonight s text survey question is, do you think, do you think big oil owns the congress? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. we ll bring you the results later on in the show. i got a quick question for you. do you know who transocean is? stay tuned. i m going to tell you who they are. you ll be interested to know where they re doing their business. it ain t in america. joining me now, katrina vanden heuvel, editor of the nation. thank you, ed. we really have to cut to the chase. it s about the money. it ain t about energy. that s my opinion. that s yours? it s about the money, it s about big oil money, big banking
bill: don t you think it s hypocritical? did i think gore let me wait until january 2nd so i can pay more money out? no. he is still going to pay money on it. bill: the new york times reports that gore himself wanted the deal to go down in december so he could pay the lower. i don t know many people including me and i m pretty far left. i would do the same thing but al gore two months later goes hey, we have got to pay our fair share. where is our fair share. he will pay his fair share and so will you and so will i? bill: you have no problem with him doing this? i have no problem at all do i think it s hypocritical? yes it is a little bit. is he making money on it got to pay taxes ton and so do you and so do i. what i m squeezing out of you, beckel is he a little hypocritical. i will llweleyn you it s a little hypocritical, yeah. al jazeera, a long line of atrocities against the united states. one of their big men exarts